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Introduction:

Welcome! A few years ago, I discovered an application that artists employ in their works to bring cultural awareness to their audiences. Having discerned this semiotic theory that applies to literature, music, art, film, and the media, I have devoted the blog, "Theory of Iconic Realism" to explore this theory. The link to the publisher of my book is below. If you or your university would like a copy of this book for your library or if you would like to review it for a scholarly journal, please contact the Edwin Mellen Press at the link listed below.
Looking forward to hearing from you!

10 February, 2011

This week's Poetry Bus is driven by the disappearing Dana Bug. She gave us a few options, and I chose the photo with the frozen sofa.

A frozen flash memoir:

Sofa!

It was one long, snow-ful winter, and this sofa just had to go. The trash company promised to pick up the old worn out sofa... no problem... same time, too! Now, trash day arrived, and it was a balmy 45º. It seemed that everyone and their kin decided to take a stroll past the house with an old couch strategically placed on top of the piled snow right at the edge of the street. Hours passed slowly. That particular day, the trash truck didn't arrive until very late in the afternoon, yet each walker, runner, bike rider craned his/her neck to get a good view of this ugly piece of furniture, shifting as the snow pile melted. Ugh! An entire day of sheer embarrassment!

And here's a poem... but on another perception of the sofa in snow:

Genesis

Another one of those days!

But now she is home;

it would all be better.

Except it wouldn’t -

cold, ice cold, here, there.

Her thoughts darken:

nothing familiar about

their contrived door

through which she’d never

be granted permission to enter.

So she lay down her head

weary of the insanity

surrounded by frigid cruelty,

even her warm tears,

now icicles crudely formed,

dangle precariously

from her drifting mind.Then, a warmth envelops heras she dies to surrender.

Located in 900+ major libraries on 6 continents: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers....In Chapter One of this book, I discuss my semiotic theory of iconic realism. By clicking the book's image, you will access the publisher's URL where you can order the book directly.

A Book Review of mine for Rocky Mt. Review of Language & Literature (Click on the image below.)